CISA is warning us (again) about the threat to critical infrastructure networks

Government-run water systems and other critical infrastructure are still at risk from state-sponsored actors, according to a renewed warning from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA released an advisory last week on the matter of days after a small water treatment...

U.K. Water Supplier Hit with Clop Ransomware Attack

A U.K. water supplier suffered a disruption in its corporate IT systems Monday as a result of a cyber-attack but claims that its water supply was not affected. Meanwhile, the alleged attack perpetrator—the Clop ransomware group—claimed the attack was on another, larger water utility, which for it...

Hackers Keep Targeting the US Water Supply

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What’s past is prologue – A new world of critical infrastructure security

By Caitlin Huey, Joe Marshall and Thomas Pope. Attackers have targeted American critical infrastructure several times over the past few years, putting at risk U.S. electrical grids, oil pipelines and water supply systems. However, we collectively have not responded in a meaningful way to these...

Watering Hole Attack Was Used to Target Florida Water Utilities

An investigation undertaken in the aftermath of the Oldsmar water plant hack earlier this year has revealed that an infrastructure contractor in the U.S. state of Florida hosted malicious code on its website in what's known as a watering hole attack. "This malicious code seemingly targeted water...

Water Supply Hacks Are a Serious Threat—and Only Getting Worse

An ex-employee allegedly tampered with a Kansas water system. It was too easy, and it's happening too often...

DoJ charges man for hacking, tempering with public water facility

By Deeba Ahmed According to a DoJ, Travnichek was accused of hacking a public water facility's computer and tampering with the local water supply system. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: DoJ charges man for hacking, tempering with public water facility...

What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.

Stories about computer security tend to go viral when they bridge the vast divide between geeks and luddites, and this weeks news about a hacker who tried to poison a Florida towns water supply was understandably front-page material. But for security nerds whove been warning about this sort of...

Employee PC hacked via TeamViewer in attempted water supply poisoning

By Waqas Unknown hackers tried to poison the water supply that could have harmed thousands of residents in Oldsmar, Tampa, Florida. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Employee PC hacked via TeamViewer in attempted water supply poisoning...

Hacker Tries to Poison Water Supply of Florida Town

A threat actor hacked into the computer system of the water treatment facility in Oldsmar, Fla., and tried to poison the town’s water supply by raising the levels of sodium hydroxide, or lye, in the water supply. The attack happened just two days before NFL’s Super Bowl LV was held nearby in Tamp...

A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply

The attacker upped sodium hydroxide levels in the Oldsmar, Florida, water supply to extremely dangerous levels...

Lax Security Exposes Smart-Irrigation Systems to Attack Across the Globe

More than 100 smart-irrigation systems deployed across the globe were installed without changing the factory’s default, passwordless setting, leaving them vulnerable to malicious attacks, according to recent findings from Israeli security research firm Security Joes. The researchers immediately...

This Ransomware Malware Could Poison Your Water Supply If Not Paid

Ransomware has been around for a few years, but in last two years, it has become an albatross around everyone's neck, targeting businesses, hospitals, financial institutions and personal computers worldwide and extorting millions of dollars. Ransomware is a type of malware that infects computers...

Scan Reveals Hydropower Plants, Other Critical Infrastructure Exposed Online

An Internet scan of the IPv4 address space uncovered more than 100 critical facilities exposed to the public Internet, including hydropower plants in Germany and Italy, and a smart building in Israel hosting luxury apartments. The investigation, conducted by researchers at Internet Wache of Berli...